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Personally, I think reality TV producers have been following the NAWAC saga for a while and have put the basic story, and some of the specific details into the script of mountain monsters.

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On private property you can do a lot of stupid **** and it's all good LOL.

Private property won't save you if you're snap-shooting at game animals in the dark. You might be able to get out of it if you claim you were blasting hogs, but they're damn well better be hog sign. I think Fish and Game would give you the fish eye if you told them you were shooting at woods monkeys; my first suspicion would be you're shining deer.

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They wouldn't. But it would be interesting if Fish and Game caught wind of the NAWACers blasting away in the dark and decided to see what was up.

In most states all you need is a hunting license and the presence of varmints....yotes, wild hogs, which can be hunted at night in some states you'd be in the clear.

If one of their silly stories is to be believed, they certainly had the attention of law enforcement. My thoughts have always been on a local level the BS that is NAWACKY world is well known. Heck the locals probably have shifts that have to be worked hoaxing them.
Here's your six pack and bag of rocks get to work Billy Bob.

In most states all you need is a hunting license and the presence of varmints....yotes, wild hogs, which can be hunted at night in some states you'd be in the clear.

You don't hunt coyotes with 45/70s. I'd find that suspicious if that were the cover story. Most hog hunters get their macho on with AR knockoffs these days. In my neck of the woods, shots at night get investigated due to the amount of deer shining. Even with the wasting disease problems, the DNR still gets up and in there concerning poaching. If I were Fish and Game and knew what the NAWACers were attempting to sell, I'd be on the case looking to violate them, because you just know they've ********** up somehow.

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You can always call Fish and Game or Parks and Recreation and ask for reports. Of course they might charge you $10,000 like David Paulides claimed they were going to charge him for missing persons reports.

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You don't hunt coyotes with 45/70s. I'd find that suspicious if that were the cover story. Most hog hunters get their macho on with AR knockoffs these days. In my neck of the woods, shots at night get investigated due to the amount of deer shining. Even with the wasting disease problems, the DNR still gets up and in there concerning poaching. If I were Fish and Game and knew what the NAWACers were attempting to sell, I'd be on the case looking to violate them, because you just know they've ********** up somehow.

Hey we're on the same page...the whole thing is questionable. I was a member of The Grendal Project or whatever Norse was calling his lets go play army group. Brian Brown was part of the group as well. I asked him several questions related to weapons they were using and needless to say the answers were a little odd.
My point is in a rural area were gunfire is not unusual....someone can pretty much do whatever they want on private property and it's really not going to attract a lot of attention.
When I'm yote hunting in rural Va. we bring all manner of toys and blast away till the wee hours of the morning, haven't seen local law enforcement in over a decade. Everyone knows everyone and what they're up to in the area, the Game Wardens know who the poachers are (we report them) and their routines.
Not trying to get into an arguement...that's just been my experience in Va. and based on my time spent in the area reported to be Area X it kinda had the same mojo as my stomping grounds.

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“We’re 100 miles from the nearest town. We spent 45 minutes on the most rugged, brutal mountain trails. It’s one in the morning. There are a lot of serious former military men with loaded weapons, then something starts approaching our camps that is defying their orders to stop and their warnings that [they were] armed.”

What????

"Hey wood-ape...you better STOP! We're on a mission to kill you and we have guns!!! Run away - RUN AWAY! before we shoot!"

Speaking of Freud, there's an uncommonly common theme with all these phantom chasing shows and the people who apparently just can't get enough of them. Nobody ever gets to ***. They never actually find Bigfoot or the ghost or the treasure. In a one hour show they spend 55 minutes lubing everyone up for a punchline they know isn't ever coming, pun intended. The question is how does somebody watch a TV show over and over again that disappoints in literally every way that it could every time that it could? I've watched maybe 2 minutes of Finding Bigfoot, but there's people who've watched every single stinking minute, literally thousands of minutes, yet they have seen exactly the same number of Bigfeet (or pictures of Bigfeet) I have, zero.

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“We’re 100 miles from the nearest town. We spent 45 minutes on the most rugged, brutal mountain trails. It’s one in the morning. There are a lot of serious former military men with loaded weapons, then something starts approaching our camps that is defying their orders to stop and their warnings that [they were] armed.”

What????

"Hey wood-ape...you better STOP! We're on a mission to kill you and we have guns!!! Run away - RUN AWAY! before we shoot!"

OK it makes as much sense as the rest of it....

Do they think they own the woods such that they can shoot at someone who is just walking towards them? Do they think the warning justifies anything? Do they think they can order people about? What are they, the King's guard on royal land?

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Do they think they own the woods such that they can shoot at someone who is just walking towards them? Do they think the warning justifies anything? Do they think they can order people about? What are they, the King's guard on royal land?

Don't tell me you've forgotten what Bigfoot hoaxing is all about. Area X is a stage for an ongoing Bigfoot hoax act and the NAWAC team are actors. They had a professional actor come visit and he brought cameras to film the stage play. During this, Rob is acting too.

The person walking towards camp is a shill. The NAWAC knows this and of course the gunmen know it. They may fire their guns but they aren't going to shoot their shill. He might even be the same shill who throws rocks at the cabin.

When they holler out that they are armed they aren't telling the shill anything that he doesn't already know. It's part of the act but it's a token trope line meant to inform Rob that a Bigfoot has arrived at the camp and that drama is supposed to happen now and get those cameras rolling. Rob acts scared instead of laughing because he's an actor and he has a TV program to produce. Inside his head he's thinking that these guys are good amateur actors and they've got a good shill stuntman working the bushes.

So now when Rob is interviewed he says that he thought he was going to die because he wants people to watch the show. They will edit out any bits that might suggest phonyness or staging. Of course the point is to strongly suggest or even force the audience to think that it isn't a person lurking in the bushes - it's a Wood Ape! That's why we're all here at Area X and dammit we didn't confirm its existence for science this time, but we will, we will, we will...

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… Bigfoot hoax act and the NAWAC team are actors. They had a professional actor … he brought cameras to film … The person walking towards camp is a shill … but they aren't going to shoot their shill.

Shoot to shill!

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Speaking of Freud, there's an uncommonly common theme with all these phantom chasing shows and the people who apparently just can't get enough of them. Nobody ever gets to ***. They never actually find Bigfoot or the ghost or the treasure. In a one hour show they spend 55 minutes lubing everyone up for a punchline they know isn't ever coming, pun intended. The question is how does somebody watch a TV show over and over again that disappoints in literally every way that it could every time that it could? I've watched maybe 2 minutes of Finding Bigfoot, but there's people who've watched every single stinking minute, literally thousands of minutes, yet they have seen exactly the same number of Bigfeet (or pictures of Bigfeet) I have, zero.

Is it masochism?

Like gambling, for some people it's the thrill of the chase, I guess. I see no point in gambling, and I see no point in watching (Obviously Never) Finding Bigfoot (Because It Doesn't Exist).

I've seen people win the jackpot on a fruit-machine, and then stick it back in again in the obviously silly hopes of trying to win again? more? To me, those people aren't happy with the end result, they want the chase. Look at mythical "Jack the Ripper", all of those interested would have bugger-all left to do with their lives if the suspect was ever revealed, and a lot of amateur sleuths would have a lot less books to write and flog on Amazon.

Finding Bigfoot is about the "kooky" characters and their relationships with each other, the smart one, the dumb one, the dumb one, the even dumber one...actually, they're all dumb.

Speaking of Freud, there's an uncommonly common theme with all these phantom chasing shows and the people who apparently just can't get enough of them. Nobody ever gets to ***. They never actually find Bigfoot or the ghost or the treasure. In a one hour show they spend 55 minutes lubing everyone up for a punchline they know isn't ever coming, pun intended.(snip)

I watched one show wishing I was sedated. Not only does nothing happen, but nothing happens over and over. After every commercial, there's a recap. Same recap, different words:

"We're here looking for the Sugar Plum Fairy. Cliff and Butch have some solid sightings to go on, and their plan is to set up a foolproof ambush."

"Cliff and Butch came to this remote spot to find the Sugar Plum Fairy, and they think this is their best chance yet. Now they're setting up a clever ambush."

"The ambush is nearly complete. Soon Cliff and Butch will simply settle down and wait for the elusive prey they have sought for seventeen years . . . the Sugar Plum Fairy."

I watched one show wishing I was sedated. Not only does nothing happen, but nothing happens over and over. After every commercial, there's a recap. Same recap, different words:

"We're here looking for the Sugar Plum Fairy. Cliff and Butch have some solid sightings to go on, and their plan is to set up a foolproof ambush."

"Cliff and Butch came to this remote spot to find the Sugar Plum Fairy, and they think this is their best chance yet. Now they're setting up a clever ambush."

"The ambush is nearly complete. Soon Cliff and Butch will simply settle down and wait for the elusive prey they have sought for seventeen years . . . the Sugar Plum Fairy."

And so on and so on until my eyes glazed over.

And then there's the suspense-building moments just before an ad-break, making it seem like if you stay tuned, you'll be treated to some amazing footage or encounter, only for the ads to end and for you to realize that literally nothing happens whatsoever.

What's worse is that this type of format is being used on so many other shows these days. The Discovery channels are unbearable these days. I saw a new one the other night, Man vs Monster, with a guy I've never heard of and can find no information on, who wears an explorer's outfit and roams around the jungles of the world looking for things that don't exist.

I don't even know how these ideas are brought up in meetings and how/why they get over.

Guys, I've got it! How about a show where we go looking for Bigfoot and giant bats and living dinosaurs?

Aren't there already a bunch of shows like that out there?

Well yeah, but none with an English guy. We'll get an English guy to do it.

And then there's the suspense-building moments just before an ad-break, making it seem like if you stay tuned, you'll be treated to some amazing footage or encounter, only for the ads to end and for you to realize that literally nothing happens whatsoever.

What's worse is that this type of format is being used on so many other shows these days. The Discovery channels are unbearable these days. I saw a new one the other night, Man vs Monster, with a guy I've never heard of and can find no information on, who wears an explorer's outfit and roams around the jungles of the world looking for things that don't exist.

I don't even know how these ideas are brought up in meetings and how/why they get over.

Guys, I've got it! How about a show where we go looking for Bigfoot and giant bats and living dinosaurs?

Aren't there already a bunch of shows like that out there?

Well yeah, but none with an English guy. We'll get an English guy to do it.

Well that's pretty different. Let's do it!

Definitely an overdone (and badly done) format. Even Master Chef does it (and I kind of like that show) before revealing the results of a round of cooking competition.

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